🔢 By twenty times 🔢 Twenty times bigger

twentyfold

1 4.9

Twenty times as large or as many

adjective
/ˈtwɛntiˌfoʊld/

: veinte veces

But by now, she's probably... repaid you tenfold or twentyfold or--

Examples

The new software is designed to enhance productivity by a twentyfold margin, streamlining everyday tasks.
Twentyfold?

Bustin' Loose (1981)
In the past year, the company's profits have increased twentyfold, exceeding all expectations.
By improving their sales strategy, the team achieved a twentyfold growth in customer engagement within months.

How Many

hundredfold

3 5.4

thirtyfold

1 6.2

twentyfold

1 4.9

tenfold

1 4.1

fivefold

2 5.2

twofold

1 3.7

Surface Forms

twentyfold positive

Morphology

twentyfold = twenty (transparent) = twenty + fold

The numeral 'twenty' combined with the productive multiplier suffix '-fold' straightforwardly yields 'twenty times', a meaning readily inferred by learners.

Etymology

Twentyfold is made from twenty and fold, where fold means 'times', as in the familiar word twofold. So twentyfold describes something that is 'twenty times' as many or as great.